5/30: I'll have what she's having

After the tour, Lisa and I wandered over to the Carnegie Deli. This is supposedly the location of the famous orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally, and mentioned in Adam Sandler's Hannukah Song ("...Lead singer of Sha Na Na and Arthur Fonzerelli.."). Looking at the pour souls around us trying to eat their monstrous portions (a huge waste, really), we decided to share a Reuben. And we couldn't even finish it! But their homemade pickles are delicious, and their cheesecake (topped with strawberries) is definitely something to write home about.

Then we went on another walk of Midtown, this time heading south. Along the way, we saw the Chrysler Building, perhaps the most beautiful building in New York, if not the country. After that we went to the cavernous Grand Central Station, kind of a cathedral dedicated to train travel. After stopping for a drink, we walked around the station for a while, admiring the constellations painted on the giant green ceiling and watching people buzz to and from their trains.

We hung out at Bryant Park for a while, watching people sitting on the lawn, drinking Starbucks coffee, and working on their laptops. It was the closest thing in New York that reminded me of home. One thing we did notice was the fountain (Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain) in the park. Earlier, our tour guide Erica mentioned that the fountain featured in the intro to Friends was actually a set piece in a studio in Burbank, CA, where the series was filmed. However, taking a look at the fountain at Bryant Park, it looked remarkably like the fountain in the TV show. Just remembering the intro, I recall a white building in the background that looks a hell of a lot like the New York Public Library, which resides at the opposite end of the park. Hmm, methinks Erica is full of crap.

Afterwards, we ended up on Broadway and decided to check out the Toys R Us store in Times Square. It was a toy lover's Disneyland in there. The building is four or five stories tall, featuring a tall ferris wheel that you could see from the outside through glass windows. My favorite area in the store was Legoland, which had big Lego versions of a New York Yankees batting helmet, Statue of Liberty, and Empire State Building (complete with a moving Lego King Kong). Lisa's favorite was definitely the giant Barbie House. It wasn't really a dollhouse, but you could go inside it and look out its windows to get a view of the store showroom.

Then we ended our day with dinner at the Applejack Diner, a family oriented restaurant with a giant menu. I settled on the Turkey Meatloaf (surprisingly good), and Lisa had the spaghetti with meatballs.

We were too tired to party down like the previous night, so we stayed in and went to bed.

Update 6/16: It turns out that the famous fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally actually took place at Katz's Deli. Damn. There goes the theme of this post. :)